The last time I ordered shaving supplies from the intertubes, I got a 12-blade sampler pack to try a bunch of different blades.

Like the soap, there is a difference.

The one I'm running this week seems especially good compared to others I've tried. We'll see how the others in the pack run, but at the moment, Derby Extra is the winner for me.

I recently got down to the dregs of the Col Conk shave soap I bought back at the beginning of the summer. Time to order a new one, but I also had a cake of Williams (which you can find in just about any drugs store or supermarket) so I figured I'd fire that back up until the good stuff came in ( Read more... )